| IP 440 Hull #6 Specifications |
We spent several years thinking about the boat we needed for full-time cruising. As our cruising horizon expanded from coastal to a possible
circumnavigation our definition of that boat changed several times. We decided whether or not we circumnavigated, the boat should be
capable of doing just that. We also wanted a boat that would be comfortable on the hook for months at a time. Some must haves were (in no
particular order): full keel, big protected rudder, protected prop, solid and quality construction, reasonable size for comfort and length at
waterline for speed, reasonable STIX rating for stability, cutter rig for plenty of sail options, large tankage for both water and fuel, aft
cockpit, self-sufficiency and easy enough for a couple to handle in all conditions. Obviously, our list was a tall order but we found it in the
Island Packet 440. From the first time we saw a few pictures and magazine articles of the new IP model we knew that the IP 440 may be the
boat for us. After spending a long day looking very closely at hull number 6 at Island Yachting Centre (the IP dealer in Palmetto, Florida –
Tampa area) we bought it and promptly christened her Gigi (we have had several boats named Gigi and since we are not very original the
name suited her just fine). That was January 2006. It took until mid-April to outfit Gigi to our specs.
The basics are:
LOA 45’9” Displacement 32,000 lbs
LWL 38’1” Ballast 12,000 lbs
Beam 14’4” Disp/Length Ratio 259
Draft 5’2” Sail Area 1,131 sq ft
Mast above DWL 62’ STIX 48
Water Capacity 260 gal Sail Area/Disp Ratio 18
Fuel Capacity 160 gal Ballast/Disp Ratio 38%
Holding Tank 55 gal
From the factory she had the following options installed: 8kw generator (the generator is made for Island Packet by the Yanmar distributor
in the Southeast U.S. - we've had after market generators installed before and definitely wanted a factory install), bow thruster, two electric
Lewmar primary winches and Frigiboat keel cooled refrigerator/freezer. Every thing else is standard. Go to IPY.com to see a list of those
standard items.
The boat came with basic Raymarine ST60 wind, depth and speed instruments. We added a Raymarine ST6001 autopilot with S3G corepack
driven by a Raymarine hydraulic linear drive. IP uses a rack and pinion mechanical connection to the rudder so the hydraulic drive
installation is rock solid. Other Raymarine adds were the Raynav 125 GPS receiver and a 4kw radar mounted on the mast with Kato
mounts. An EchoMax radar reflector is mounted on the mast as well. All electronics are coordinated with Raymarine E series chartplotters
with E 80’s at the helm and nav station.
Communication gear consists of an Icom M802 SSB and automatic antenna tuner (with backstay antenna) connected to a Pactor III modem
(the RF ground is an external Dynaplate) and an Iridium satellite phone permanently installed in a docking station with an external antenna.
We have your basic Radio Shack telephone plugged into the docking station, so the phone works just like a land-based phone (you pick up
the phone and dial the number, it rings and you pick it up – simple as that). We use Sailmail (with the SSB and Pactor modem) for sending
and receiving emails and receiving weather data. Additionally, we have a Standard Horizon Matrix VHF with a Ram mic in the cockpit.
We added three CruiseAir HVAC units for a total of 33,000 BTU, a Spectra Newport 400 watermaker (rated at approximately 17 gallons per
hour), a MasterVolt 2000 watt inverter, a MasterVolt battery monitor, eight Hella fans throughout, a Racor vacuum gauge in the cockpit and
a tri-color light at the masthead. The boat came with four 100 amp hour AGM house batteries and we added four for a total of 800 amp
hours. The batteries are charged by the factory installed Charles battery charger from either shore power or generator, by the auxiliary 75
hp Yanmar installed with a Balmar 110 watt alternator, or from a Kiss wind generator and the two Shell (125 watt each) solar panels installed
on a custom Kato arch. The solar panels are controlled with a Blue Sky controller and the wind generator is controlled by Xantrex.
We installed a Lighthouse 1501 windlass with two chain gypsies so we can easily work with two anchors at the same time. Our primary
anchor is a heavy 75 pound CQR and our secondary is a 35 pound aluminum Spade. The Spade is a great mud and weed anchor and even
though it is the largest Spade it is relatively light (the steel version weighs 66 pounds) so I can manually handle it in case the windlass dies.
We also have a Fortress FX-37 that I usually keep mounted at the stern. The primary anchor has 250 feet of 5/16 inch high test chain and
the secondary has 150 feet with an additional 100 feet of ¾ inch three strand nylon. We also added both a fresh water and salt water
washdown at the bow.
Canvas consists of a dodger, bimini (as wide as possible) and full enclosure. I can’t imagine anyone doing serious cruising without a full
enclosure.
Our television set-up is a wall swing-mounted Panasonic 23 inch flat-panel television with a Glomex antenna mounted at the top of the mast.
We also have a Sony DVD player. We've had a Panasonic 23 inch before and think it has a brighter, better image than the competition.
To round out propulsion, the Yanmar drives a three blade Max Prop VIP feathering prop.
Our dinghy is an AB 10VS (10’6”) with a Yamaha 20 horse power four stroke outboard. The whole rig weighs close to 300 pounds but is
easily handled with our Kato arch with strategically placed blocks. We can also hoist the dinghy high enough so that we can walk under it on
the swim platform without bumping our heads.
One quick word about teak. The IP 440 has more teak than one would notice at first glance; the entire anchor/bowsprit area, the cap rail
around the perimeter, the companionway area, the cockpit table and the eyebrow. The IP factory covers the teak with Cetol. We do not like
Cetol - we think it looks like brown paint. Ellis spent six weeks in the summer of 2006 stripping the Cetol and replacing it with Epifanes. We
used Epifanes on a previous boat and think it looks great and is as durable as Cetol. It was hard work but worth it.
We have a full compliment of safety equipment. Our life raft is a six man Winslow. It is stowed in the starboard lazerette and restrained with
bungee cords. It weighs 75 pounds. Even though Leta can lift 75 pounds, we have rigged a 4 to 1 purchase block more or less directly above
the life raft. We did a lot of research on life rafts and believe the Winslow to be superior, especially after visiting the factory at Lake Suzy,
Florida. Winslow's are expensive but this is no where to cut costs. The life raft has an extensive survival pack that includes a hand held
watermaker. It also has its own EPIRB with an internal GPS. We also have a water activated EPIRB with internal GPS on the boat within
easy reach. We have a ditch bag that contains several different survival items and a hand held VHF and hand held GPS. If time permits, we
will grab the satellite phone from its docking station. We have two sets of harnesses. One integrated with a water activated inflatable and
one without. When offshore, especially at night, we wear the inflatable harnesses and stay clipped in. We keep two tethers on the inflatables
so that even when moving about you are always clipped in. We also have webbing jack lines rigged fore and aft on both sides of the boat
when offshore. The inflatable harnesses also have water activated strobes attached. For really remote stuff we have personal water
activated beacons with a hand held direction finder (if someone goes overboard, an external antenna picks up the signal and an alarm is
sounded). To make sure we are awake when we need to be, we have a contraption called the Watch Commander. It's sort of a clock that
you set the interval (the safest is 15 to 20 minutes). At the end of the interval, you hear a small beep that signals that you must do your
routine, like scanning the horizon, checking radar, write in your log - whatever. If you do not hit a small button to start the timer again, the
beep gets louder and louder, until a siren wakes the entire boat. Good stuff.
circumnavigation our definition of that boat changed several times. We decided whether or not we circumnavigated, the boat should be
capable of doing just that. We also wanted a boat that would be comfortable on the hook for months at a time. Some must haves were (in no
particular order): full keel, big protected rudder, protected prop, solid and quality construction, reasonable size for comfort and length at
waterline for speed, reasonable STIX rating for stability, cutter rig for plenty of sail options, large tankage for both water and fuel, aft
cockpit, self-sufficiency and easy enough for a couple to handle in all conditions. Obviously, our list was a tall order but we found it in the
Island Packet 440. From the first time we saw a few pictures and magazine articles of the new IP model we knew that the IP 440 may be the
boat for us. After spending a long day looking very closely at hull number 6 at Island Yachting Centre (the IP dealer in Palmetto, Florida –
Tampa area) we bought it and promptly christened her Gigi (we have had several boats named Gigi and since we are not very original the
name suited her just fine). That was January 2006. It took until mid-April to outfit Gigi to our specs.
The basics are:
LOA 45’9” Displacement 32,000 lbs
LWL 38’1” Ballast 12,000 lbs
Beam 14’4” Disp/Length Ratio 259
Draft 5’2” Sail Area 1,131 sq ft
Mast above DWL 62’ STIX 48
Water Capacity 260 gal Sail Area/Disp Ratio 18
Fuel Capacity 160 gal Ballast/Disp Ratio 38%
Holding Tank 55 gal
From the factory she had the following options installed: 8kw generator (the generator is made for Island Packet by the Yanmar distributor
in the Southeast U.S. - we've had after market generators installed before and definitely wanted a factory install), bow thruster, two electric
Lewmar primary winches and Frigiboat keel cooled refrigerator/freezer. Every thing else is standard. Go to IPY.com to see a list of those
standard items.
The boat came with basic Raymarine ST60 wind, depth and speed instruments. We added a Raymarine ST6001 autopilot with S3G corepack
driven by a Raymarine hydraulic linear drive. IP uses a rack and pinion mechanical connection to the rudder so the hydraulic drive
installation is rock solid. Other Raymarine adds were the Raynav 125 GPS receiver and a 4kw radar mounted on the mast with Kato
mounts. An EchoMax radar reflector is mounted on the mast as well. All electronics are coordinated with Raymarine E series chartplotters
with E 80’s at the helm and nav station.
Communication gear consists of an Icom M802 SSB and automatic antenna tuner (with backstay antenna) connected to a Pactor III modem
(the RF ground is an external Dynaplate) and an Iridium satellite phone permanently installed in a docking station with an external antenna.
We have your basic Radio Shack telephone plugged into the docking station, so the phone works just like a land-based phone (you pick up
the phone and dial the number, it rings and you pick it up – simple as that). We use Sailmail (with the SSB and Pactor modem) for sending
and receiving emails and receiving weather data. Additionally, we have a Standard Horizon Matrix VHF with a Ram mic in the cockpit.
We added three CruiseAir HVAC units for a total of 33,000 BTU, a Spectra Newport 400 watermaker (rated at approximately 17 gallons per
hour), a MasterVolt 2000 watt inverter, a MasterVolt battery monitor, eight Hella fans throughout, a Racor vacuum gauge in the cockpit and
a tri-color light at the masthead. The boat came with four 100 amp hour AGM house batteries and we added four for a total of 800 amp
hours. The batteries are charged by the factory installed Charles battery charger from either shore power or generator, by the auxiliary 75
hp Yanmar installed with a Balmar 110 watt alternator, or from a Kiss wind generator and the two Shell (125 watt each) solar panels installed
on a custom Kato arch. The solar panels are controlled with a Blue Sky controller and the wind generator is controlled by Xantrex.
We installed a Lighthouse 1501 windlass with two chain gypsies so we can easily work with two anchors at the same time. Our primary
anchor is a heavy 75 pound CQR and our secondary is a 35 pound aluminum Spade. The Spade is a great mud and weed anchor and even
though it is the largest Spade it is relatively light (the steel version weighs 66 pounds) so I can manually handle it in case the windlass dies.
We also have a Fortress FX-37 that I usually keep mounted at the stern. The primary anchor has 250 feet of 5/16 inch high test chain and
the secondary has 150 feet with an additional 100 feet of ¾ inch three strand nylon. We also added both a fresh water and salt water
washdown at the bow.
Canvas consists of a dodger, bimini (as wide as possible) and full enclosure. I can’t imagine anyone doing serious cruising without a full
enclosure.
Our television set-up is a wall swing-mounted Panasonic 23 inch flat-panel television with a Glomex antenna mounted at the top of the mast.
We also have a Sony DVD player. We've had a Panasonic 23 inch before and think it has a brighter, better image than the competition.
To round out propulsion, the Yanmar drives a three blade Max Prop VIP feathering prop.
Our dinghy is an AB 10VS (10’6”) with a Yamaha 20 horse power four stroke outboard. The whole rig weighs close to 300 pounds but is
easily handled with our Kato arch with strategically placed blocks. We can also hoist the dinghy high enough so that we can walk under it on
the swim platform without bumping our heads.
One quick word about teak. The IP 440 has more teak than one would notice at first glance; the entire anchor/bowsprit area, the cap rail
around the perimeter, the companionway area, the cockpit table and the eyebrow. The IP factory covers the teak with Cetol. We do not like
Cetol - we think it looks like brown paint. Ellis spent six weeks in the summer of 2006 stripping the Cetol and replacing it with Epifanes. We
used Epifanes on a previous boat and think it looks great and is as durable as Cetol. It was hard work but worth it.
We have a full compliment of safety equipment. Our life raft is a six man Winslow. It is stowed in the starboard lazerette and restrained with
bungee cords. It weighs 75 pounds. Even though Leta can lift 75 pounds, we have rigged a 4 to 1 purchase block more or less directly above
the life raft. We did a lot of research on life rafts and believe the Winslow to be superior, especially after visiting the factory at Lake Suzy,
Florida. Winslow's are expensive but this is no where to cut costs. The life raft has an extensive survival pack that includes a hand held
watermaker. It also has its own EPIRB with an internal GPS. We also have a water activated EPIRB with internal GPS on the boat within
easy reach. We have a ditch bag that contains several different survival items and a hand held VHF and hand held GPS. If time permits, we
will grab the satellite phone from its docking station. We have two sets of harnesses. One integrated with a water activated inflatable and
one without. When offshore, especially at night, we wear the inflatable harnesses and stay clipped in. We keep two tethers on the inflatables
so that even when moving about you are always clipped in. We also have webbing jack lines rigged fore and aft on both sides of the boat
when offshore. The inflatable harnesses also have water activated strobes attached. For really remote stuff we have personal water
activated beacons with a hand held direction finder (if someone goes overboard, an external antenna picks up the signal and an alarm is
sounded). To make sure we are awake when we need to be, we have a contraption called the Watch Commander. It's sort of a clock that
you set the interval (the safest is 15 to 20 minutes). At the end of the interval, you hear a small beep that signals that you must do your
routine, like scanning the horizon, checking radar, write in your log - whatever. If you do not hit a small button to start the timer again, the
beep gets louder and louder, until a siren wakes the entire boat. Good stuff.
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